Tag: Baseball
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Lions pick up key victory ahead of conference, state tournaments
By Wayne Witkowski Jackson Liberty High School’s baseball team picked an ideal time to get a signature victory for this season with the Shore Conference and state tournaments looming. The Lions raised their record to 13-7 at the cutoff for Shore Conference Tournament play when they beat perennial Shore power Toms River High School South,…
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Hawks eager to make impact in GMC softball tournament
By Jimmy Allinder John P. Stevens Hindsight never fails to be 20-20. When seeds for the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) softball tournament were announced a week ago, John P. Stevens High School was awarded the fifth spot. In retrospect, the Hawks (13-4) may have deserved a higher seed after defeating top-seed South Plainfield High School…
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Manalapan swings itself back into win column
By Jeff Appelblatt Manalapan High School’s baseball team was slumping. The six-game losing streak was only about half as long as the 11-game winning streak that preceded it, but the feeling of losing lingers. However, no one was going to feel bad for the Braves. When the Cougars hosted them at Colts Neck High School…
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Colonials lock up A North Division baseball crown
By Jeff Appelblatt When Freehold High School’s baseball team won at Howell High School May 10, it was the first time the Colonials won the Shore Conference A North Division. But it wasn’t the first time the team ever won its division — part of the B North in 2006, Freehold shared the title with…
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Barrons’ baseball team finishing season strong ahead of tourneys
By Jeff Appelblatt The Woodbridge High School baseball team had a spot locked in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Tournament for some time now. But that didn’t mean anything to the student-athletes. They continued through the regular-season finale at full speed. The Barrons notched six consecutive wins, but that number says nothing about the overall…
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Vikings back in win column in time for GMC baseball tourney
By Warren Rappleyea South Brunswick High School’s baseball team halted a seven-game losing streak with a victory against Saint Joseph High School of Metuchen and appears to have turned things around just in time for the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Tournament. The Vikings earned the 10th seed in the tournament and showed a return to…
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Allentown girls’ track team has strong showing in Mercer Coaches Classic win
By Wayne Witkowski Kassidy Mulryne showed a strong recovery from nagging injuries in winning two events, including surpassing her school record in the high jump, and Devon Hoernlein also recorded a pair of first-place finishes, including a school record, when Allentown High School’s girls’ outdoor track and field team won the Mercer Coaches Classic May…
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Freehold baseball team knocks off CBA in third encounter
By Jeff Appelblatt As strong as the season has been for Freehold High School’s baseball team, the team from Christian Brothers Academy (CBA) has been a major obstacle for the Colonials. The Colts beat them, 1-0, on opening day in a pitching duel between Freehold’s Dan Chiusano and CBA’s Nick Hohenstein, and the Colts beat…
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Patriots still fighting for A North baseball championship
By Jeff Appelblatt As the regular season nears an end, Freehold Township High School’s baseball team refuses to give up trying for at least a piece of the Shore Conference A North Division championship title. With the arms the team has had leading the way, it’s been clear the Patriots have a shot. In its…
